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Advancing Together Crush Pad Solutions VitiSort Optical Wine Grape Sorter Increased Quality – Remove Harsh Tannins Features & Benefits Removal of the leaves and stem jacks results in increased wine quality as the harsh tannins introduced by leaves and –– System removes unwanted objects such as insects, skins, raisins, shot berries, stem Consistent Quality – Year After Year Provide reliable control over the condition of the grapes • Reduce labor that go from the crush pad into fermentation. VitiSort®’s patent-pending design addresses all forms of grape sorting –– Eliminate manual sorting challenges with an integrated system approach. Proven –– Two to four people can run a crush pad performance on hand and machine picked grapes. processing up to 5 tons an hour Ease of Installation and Operation • Recover free run juice Portable system uses locking casters for easy movement and –– Patent-pending MOG shaker recovers free repositioning. Locate directly under destemmer and feed run juice for reintroduction to the must must pump or totes. Affordability – Lowest Cost Sorter –– Color touch screen features an intuitive graphical user interface where adjustments Produce great wines like those made from hand sorted can be made to the sorting criteria of the grapes without the high labor expense and complex wine grape-specific software operations. Ideal for wineries producing 5,000 to 100,000 cases per year. –– Compact and mobile with locking caster wheels to easily roll into position –– All weather ready - Stainless steel Improve Yield – Recover More Fruit Improve Quality – While Reducing Costs Recover fruit normally lost to difficult conditions. Salvage The only sorter with MOG shaker and sorter combined into construction ensures durability in all Botrytis-infested fruit blocks and recover hail-damaged blocks weather conditions and eases sanitation with minimal yield loss.

A second vibratory sort utilizes gravity and Receiving Hopper stainless steel screens to increase product • Dump entire tote at once… and drive away; no manual tipping or pulling quality by eliminating residual MOG before fermentation. • Avoid clumping – gentle vibration immediately spreads single grapes exiting the destemmer • Reduce labor – small sheared stem, jacks, raisins and insects fall through openings in screen • Clean and sanitize easily – simple, all- product to the inspection table • Free forklift operators to perform other tasks • Precisely meter clusters to optimize manual...